It's also important to teach safe handling and expose them to firearms often and under direct supervision so they aren't "curious" when nobody is looking.
The worst thing you can do for the safety of your kids if there's guns in the home is to forbid them from touching them... kids will do anything they can to look at and handle them, but they'll do it when you're not there watching over them and try like hell to not get caught. Locks and safes only go so far once the kids are old enough to start looking for hidden keys or snagging yours when you're not looking.
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Derek Kiefer, member of Minnesota's Northstar Chevelle Club
69 Malibu Pro-Touring - 69 SS396 3spd - 23 Model T roadster pickup
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